Casinos in Kazakhstan

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Landlocked Kazakhstan has continued to be a mystery to the western traveler for hundreds of years, unknown from the pages of Marco Polo or Kipling. Several outsiders have experienced the charms of this central Asian country, other than the merchants who plied the Silk Road. But, seeing that Kazakhstan obtained its independence in 1991 and above all under the clever and favorable presidency of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country has progressed. As the nation enhances, so do Kazakhstan casinos. Flushed with oil revenue, it’s boom time in the betting businesses of this previous soviet republic. There are seven cities that have within them legal casino capacities of which there are precisely twenty-eight such venues. Clearly if you are passionate for a challenge, the tables are the only game in town, as Kazakhstan casinos are the only gaming operations allowed there.

Most acclaimed to the dedicated contender should be the passed capital as well as the largest city in the region, Almaty, that apparent Las Vegas of central Asia, boasting no less than 18 casinos and counting. With an elevating 9 per cent increase annually, the Kazakh economy has expanded exceptionally in the last ten years and with it the Kazakh demand for the gaming tables. The cosmopolitan, multi-ethnic, multinational city of Almaty is invisible from its prior time as the key city of a grey Soviet satellite state. New wealth has brought elegance as well as thrill to the place, a fact best embodied by the city’s largest casino, Casino Viva. One of a chain, this awesome Kazakhstan casino hotel can display 26 games tables and ninety-three slot machine games.

What’s more, the mania for web-based poker has not gone without observation in Kazakhstan casinos with the advancement of video poker quickly becoming a top choice. Outside of Almaty, the intrepid casino player is also served; for instance, the capital Astana has 5 casinos, the main one among them being one of the Casino Zodiak chain that delights in no less than twenty card tables. If that is in no way enough for you, casinos are also further afield in the cities of Aktobe, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Shimkent, along with Ust-kamenogorsk. It is apparent, for that matter, that the Kazakh adoration for the green baize and clink of chips is not stated, seeing that the vice-foreign minister not long ago visited Macao along with Hong Kong. The visit was considered to be a "short but fruitful" trip devised to study the gambling market of these towns and arouse preference in Kazakhstan’s nascent casino industry. As a matter of fact, a possible direct air link has been endorsed between Almaty and Hong Kong or Macao, which may boost desire for this once beautiful spot soon set to become the pick of the elite.

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